Overview
- After floods and landslides that have killed at least 1,812 people across five countries, Indonesia reports 950 dead, about 5,000 injured and 274 missing in Sumatra.
- Sri Lanka raises its death toll to 627 and nearly doubles security-force deployments to 38,500 as officials warn of further heavy rain and landslide risk.
- Aceh authorities say remote areas remain cut off with acute shortages of doctors, medicines and safe water, and local leaders warn of hunger in isolated villages.
- Jakarta faces pressure to declare a national disaster to unlock resources and broader foreign aid, while President Prabowo visits Aceh and pledges rapid bridge repairs.
- Reconstruction is preliminarily pegged at about $3.1 billion in three Sumatra provinces and up to $7 billion in Sri Lanka, with the IMF reviewing Colombo’s request for an extra $200 million.